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Die Swiss Life hat im ersten Halbjahr 2023 im gebührengenerierenden Geschäft etwas mehr verdient und wuchs auch im Vorsorgegeschäft. Der Konzern lanciert nun ab Oktober ein neues Aktienrückkaufprogramm.

Der erhebliche Bedarf, die Energieinfrastruktur in der Schweiz zu modernisieren und zu erneuern, eröffnet nicht nur weitreichende Investitionsmöglichkeiten. Institutionelle Anleger erhalten auch die Gelegenheit, im Sinne der Energiestrategie 2050 des Bundesrats die Erzeugung erneuerbarer Energien zu unterstützen, wie Swiss Life darlegt.

On 2 May 2023, Switzerland’s Federal Statistical Office published its annual report on income, poverty and living conditions. In 2021, 448,000 people, 5.2% of the population, refrained from buying goods, services and social activities for financial reasons, something described as material and social deprivation. And Switzerland’s poverty rate was 8.7%. At the same time, the overall standard of living in Switzerland remains one of the highest in Europe. Photo by Oleksandr Pidvalnyi on...

The Swiss cheese fondu “moitié-moitié”, which means half-half in English, will soon have its own figurative trademark, reports RTS. On 16 November 2022, the cheese producers’ association in the canton of Fribourg announced that it had applied for a trademark for the well-known “moitié-moitié” cheese fondu, which is made up of a 50/50 mix of Gruyere AOP and Vacherin Fribourgeois AOP cheeses made in the canton of Fribourg. According to the association, the trademark is needed because the...

Swiss Life steigert im ersten Halbjahr 2022 das Fee-Ergebnis um 17% und weist einen höheren Betriebs- und Reingewinn aus. Eine starke Ertragssteigerung erzielte Swiss Life Asset Managers. Damit ist das Unternehmensprogramms "Swiss Life 2024" gut gestartet.

A survey of expats published on 12 July 2022 ranks Switzerland 43rd out of 52 nations on ease of settling in. © Niccolo Pontigia | Dreamstime.comThe definition of an expat is based on the sample used in the Expat Insider 2022 survey. This group was 46 years old on average, more female (52%) than male (47%), most likely to have moved to Switzerland for work (51%) and was well paid – 56% earned US$ 100,000 or more. Close to a third (31%) worked in either IT, healthcare or pharmaceuticals....

During 2020, 10.3% of Switzerland’s population moved. The average distance moved was 12.5 km. However, the likelihood of movement and the distance moved varied significantly by age and nationality. Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.comPeople in the age band between 20 and 40 were the most likely to move. There was also a small bump in numbers between the ages of 62 and 65. Roughly 27% of 25 year olds moved in 2020, compared to only 2% of 94 year olds. The most mobile canton was Basel-City....

On 6 May 2021, SWISS announced a plan to cut jobs and the size of its fleet. © Boarding1now | Dreamstime.comDue to the continuing global coronavirus pandemic and structural changes in the market, the company expects a 20% structural decline in demand. In response, the airline plans to cut the fleet it had in 2019 by 15% and bring its personnel numbers down by 1,700 – before the pandemic SWISS employed 9,500 people. The company described the cuts as unavoidable. Much of this staff...

Tatjana Xenia Puhan, Head Multi-Asset & Equity von Swiss Life Asset Managers Die Weltwirtschaft verliert an Dynamik, auch wenn das Umfeld noch relativ robust ist. Die Volatilität ist gestiegen. Panik ist zwar unangebracht, aber die Gefahr von Rückschlägen an den Börsen ist erhöht. Damit rückt eine disziplinierte Kontrolle von Risiken zur Stabilisierung des Portfolios in den Fokus. Böse Überraschungen lassen sich so...

Avenue de Bellevue 32-36, Boulogne-Billancourt, eine Immobilie im Portfolio des Fonds. Für den weiteren Ausbau des Immobilienportfolios plant der Swiss Life REF European Properties eine Kapitalerhöhung von rund EUR 100 Mio. Ab April 2019 ist zudem die Aufnahme des Fonds für den ausserbörslichen Handel vorgesehen. Der Immobilienfonds Swiss Life REF (CH) European Properties wurde am 30. November...